New Zealand red rabbit

The Red New Zealanders is a medium sized, strikingly blocky, bright reddish yellow colored rabbit breed, of about 4-5 kg. There is a yellow colored wild rabbits with pronounced effect of yellow amplifiers. The corresponding Erbformeln are: AbCDGy1y2 ... ( German symbolism ) or ABCDE ( English symbolism )

The same color is found in red colors as well as the dwarves Saxony gold.

History of the Red New Zealander

The Red Neuseeländerkaninchen was not in New Zealand, as its name suggests, but probably bred in 1910 in California using rabbit rabbits and giant rabbits. In the literature ( Sandford ) is also represented next to the theory, imported from New Zealand wild yellow -colored rabbit enclosure may have been involved in the breeding out of the race. In America, the Red Zealanders was bred as an economic rabbit, and should produce quite outstanding growth performance. For this reason, took place relatively quickly imports to Europe, so 1916 already to England in 1927 in the Netherlands and in 1930 by Germany. The high expectations that have been placed on the performance of the race, were fulfilled not in full, even if the Red New Zealand is a pronounced economic race. The Red New Zealander is now in Germany a very popular breed and is shown regularly at exhibitions.

Similar breeds

The Saxon gold rabbit shows a similar coat color, but with 2.75 kg significantly smaller, red and yellow to more breeds of rabbits qv.

The burgundy rabbit is a yellow colored wild rabbit of similar size as the Red New Zealanders, but much brighter and also in physique less blocky.

In addition to the Red New Zealand exists in Germany nor the New Zealand White, an albino animal.

The Black New Zealanders is his name according to solid black.

It is in these rabbit breeds not to color strokes of a race, but independent races with a pronounced blocky physique.